It’s that time of year again - fireworks

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When did people get so precious?! It’s fireworks night so….there are fireworks! Should the whole tradition be binned because of some people’s dogs? Ridiculous.

Getting annoying now. Still going off at 9.30 pm. I have 3 pets, two not bothered one hiding under the bed.

You are going to phone the police because someone has set fireworks off on bonfire night?

Because he asked to see them? I warned him that they'd be loud, and he said that he still wanted to try. I know my son well, obviously, so I expected he'd be scared, but what if I'd have been wrong and he really enjoyed it even with the noisiness? I didn't know he'd react exactly like he did because normally he just says he wants to go home. This was a new development.

Get the stick out of your arse and realise that kids can try to do uncomfortable things if they request to, as long as it's safe!

Just reading on Reddit that fireworks are banned for home use in Australia.

My super anxious dog doesn’t really bat an eye at fireworks, sometimes she does a look if there’s a really loud one but we studiously ignore and she goes back to staring at the cat.
we have a fireworks championship nearby in Sept and with the crow scarers and gun fire from hunts and the noise of RAF planes going over head it’s all a bit meh at this time of year.

why on earth would you take a young child out to see them that requires ear defenders and hoods and still rolls up in the feral position at the sound? That’s crazy

I do love them, though the organised displays are far more enjoyable and safe than randoms letting them off in their gardens.

I think the public ones are smaller and quieter than when I was small though, perhaps that’s just because I’m bigger!

I much prefer the noise and flashes from fireworks for a few nights each year than the screaming from our new neighbours 3 year old every morning (from 6am or earlier) and evening, on top of their seemingly constant diy (carpet fitting at 8am on bank holiday Sunday in August really pissed me off).

Loud bangs are pissing me off tonight. On and off for hours. I'll phone the police on them in future, I reckon.

That's lovely of you, but are you sure they need hay? A lot will manage perfectly well on grass until it gets colder. If someone had fed my Welsh mare titbits thinking she was starving on her restricted grazing, they'd have caused massive issues. I'm glad you go and give them a fuss.

What a thoughtless post! Fireworks are so loud now,years ago it was the 5th November ONLY that they were set off and they didn’t sound like bombs.

I swim in an outdoor pool every night,it has been heartbreaking to see birds flying about in the dark,they are terrified .Every year I sign petitions and every year nothing is done as out it.

People are so selfish now and care about nothing except themselves.

400?

Thousands

If it was just the 5th November I wouldn't have a problem with them, it's just one night. But round here, they start at the beginning of October and continue until New Year! I'd like to be able to hear the fucking telly for a start!

Someone just set off a loud one that lasted quite a long time. I got up and checked that my windows were actually shut as it was so loud. This is the first Bonfire night that we've had our (adopted) cat. Luckily, she's completely unaffected and remains a furry little ball, asleep on the settee.

Really? There used to be bigger ones "mushroom" that were around years back but they were banned.

Where did I say I have PTSD?

It's not exactly avoidable if you have to go out on firework night. Albeit, me and my son didn't have to, but he asked to go and then when he got frightened, we went straight home. But not everyone has that option, and they have to suffer while fireworks are fucking screaming into the sky. They're unnecessarily loud. Before he died, our dog used to piss himself out of fright. Why is that fair or necessary? It isn't.

You sound like a right arse wipe.

I am not a big fan of fireworks but totally understand everyone is different and lots of people like them. We have been celebrating Bonfire night for years and I have many fond memories of Bonfire night from being a child. I do think they have got a lot louder now though than they ever used to be. They sound like bombs going off! I think they should make a noise but perhaps not as noisy as they are now. I personally believe that people feel safer when at organised events with a clear start and finish time and the fireworks being well managed ( rather than teens setting them off dangerously on a road near me tonight). However unfortunately due to government cuts lots of organised events have been cancelled by the local authorities.

Our local town three miles away had a large event last weekend. We could hear them at that distance from home so I really felt for the poor wildlife in the nature reserve next door to it.

There are 2 ponies & a donkey in a field near work, I go and fuss them and take them bits as can't remember the last time I saw any hay dropped off in the field for them.
I've spent tonight worrying if they are ok 😔

They weren't anything like as loud as they are now when I was a kid.

I personally think everyone letting them off needs to have one up their arses and see how much they enjoy the oooohs and aaaahs then. We live rurally and there's so much livestock out in the fields as the weather is still mild.

Ex soldiers can have PTSD by fireworks. The bangs can replicate gun fire and apparently can be utterly terrifying for some of them so I've heard.

You can't really make an explosion silent can you

Yes, I can see birds. How odd you think you have the monopoly on birds in your garden. They behave oddly when we have an eclipse.

I do think some fireworks are unnecessarily loud but there’s a balance between silence and ridiculous.

Wildlife and pets really shouldn't be conflated here, since the former are bad for the environment and are as much a product of selfish human choices as fireworks.

Personally I feel sorry for the wildlife having to put up with the detrimental effect of pets all year round. The RSPB estimates that UK pet cats kill over 50 million birds per year.

One of our dogs is a quivering wreck, worse tonight than the weekend, just continuous, even the sedation isn’t calming, can’t we just have proper displays instead of the endless ones in peoples gardens.I’d be all in favour of shoving them up the backside of people who think they are so wonderful, lighting the touch paper and retiring